This experiment shows how liquids naturally follow paths of least resistance, revealing the fascinating physics of flow, surface tension, and gravity in action.

Human water management contributes to sinking land across the globe, and it may also be responsible for an unexpected rise ...

In this video, I put gravity and friction to the test with a simple classroom experiment. When I tilt the table, you'll expect the tray to fall, but something unexpected happens! I walk through the ...

It is now thought that the source of this anomaly was a phase transition in which one mineral’s structure was altered.

A team of geophysicists say that an enormous mass shifted deep beneath the Earth's surface 18 years ago, as spotted by NASA satellites.

Spaceflight expected to carry Purdue engineering professor, graduate student conducting human-tended research experiments, accompanied by Purdue alumni in space classroom Steven Collicott, a professor ...

West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, Sept. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Building on its tremendous space legacy, Purdue University is pursuing a groundbreaking opportunity — research and learning aboard a ...

Scientists are inching closer to answering one of physics’ most fundamental questions: is gravity quantum in nature? Among the four fundamental forces that govern our Universe, gravity remains the odd ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Building on its tremendous space legacy, Purdue University is pursuing a groundbreaking opportunity — research and learning aboard a Virgin Galactic suborbital spaceflight with ...

Material deep inside Earth — thousands of kilometres down, near the planet’s core — has undergone a mysterious shift. Is Earth’s core leaking? Volcanic rocks provide strongest evidence yet Although ...